History of the greenhouse effect

Auteurs :
JONES, M. D.
HENDERSON-SELLERS, A.

Description :
This review traces the theory as far back as 1827, highlighting new directions and significant advances over that time. Four main themes can be discerned : 1) certain radiatively active gases are responsible for warming the planet| 2) that humans can inadvertently influence this warming| 3) climate models are designed to permit prediction of the climatic changes in the atmospheric loadings of these gases but they have not yet achieved this goal of prediction| and 4) many scenarios of changes, and especially of impact, are premised on relatively weak analysis.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 1990, vol. 14, n°. 1, p. 1-18, Références bibliographiques : 55 réf.

Date :
1990

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications